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The rec.arts.tv FAQ:Internet Resources for TV Shows:Site last updated: December 15, 2006. FAQ last updated: February 28, 2006. This FAQ version: 8.00aa
So, what is in the "rec.arts.tv FAQ"? Well, there are two primary sections - the other section aside from this one is:
This page is the introduction to The Internet Resources for rec.arts.tv. The first part of this rec.arts.tv-related web site is the TV Commentary section. For the present TV season, this TV Commentary page will include (among other things):
The remainder of this rec.arts.tv FAQ Intro page catalogues many of the important Web sites devoted to TV and TV shows (i.e. Part 2 of the text version of this FAQ), and all the TV newsgroups (i.e. Part 3 of the text version FAQ). It also lists a couple of the (known) FTP sites for TV resources. More on this below.
It should be noted that this FAQ is not really the "official" FAQ for rec.arts.tv (is there ever an "official FAQ"?!); one of these days, I may submit the FAQ to news.answers for official FAQ status, but we will see... As stated above, the WWW version of the rec.arts.tv FAQ combines together the three separate lists contained in the text version of the FAQ to create a comprehensive set of lists of Internet Resources for Television. But is this site better than, say, "The Zap2it.com TV Shows Section" or "Yahoo"? Well, this site is a little different, and is here for a slightly different purpose, than those sites. For one thing, the aforementioned sites tend to be indexes for resources for individual TV shows, while I'm attempting to keep this site as an index of more general TV sites. Also, this is the only site where you'll find a FAQL (i.e. "Frequently Asked Questions List") for TV, which answers many common questions asked by fans of TV in rec.arts.tv and by regular TV viewers (e.g. "What is 'Digital' TV?", "How do Nielsen ratings work?", etc.). There seems to be nothing like the FAQL at such TV "WWW Index" sites as TV Zap2it.com or Yahoo. In addition, unlike many "WWW Index" sites, the TV Internet Resources listed here are not a user-maintained archive (though users are welcome to E-mail me with suggestions, additions and corrections). This means I personally choose which sites appear here, and I (alone) try to keep this archive as up-to-date and accurate as possible. (Of course, owner maintenance itself has pluses and minuses associated with it, but that's another story...) Also sites such as Yahoo and TV Zap2it.com can take many weeks or even months! before they are updated. Another advantage of this rec.arts.tv FAQ site is the straight-forward organization of the TV data and URLs presented here. I have kept the overall look of this site very simple (i.e. no time-consuming graphics to download), and have made every attempt to keep document sizes under 25K in length. The result is a site that should be easy to navigate and fast to use (unlike, say, The Zap2it.com TV Shows Section which, in the more distant past, was very slow and cumbersome to use). On the other hand, it is impossible for every site (including this one) to list every TV related URL, so it's best to use this site in concert with some of the other TV web sites (many listed below), to help you find all the known Internet Resources for TV shows. And how often will this site be updated? I try to update the rec.arts.tv FAQ as often as I can, but this site is a hobby of mine, and it's often not possible to update this site as often as I would like. However, some sections, like the "TV Shows Status" page, are updated much more frequently (I try to update the TV Shows Status weekly). |
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